The Good Photographer Will Produce A Competent

It Is Essential For The Photographer To Know The Effect Of His Lenses. The Lens Is His Eye, And It Makes Or Ruins His Pictures. A Feeling For Composition Is A Great Asset. I Think It Is Very Much A Matter Of Instinct. It Can Perhaps Be Developed, But I Doubt If It Can Be Learned. To Achieve His Best Work, The Young Photographer Must Discover What Really Excites Him Visually. He Must Discover His Own World.

It Is The Gift Of Seeing The Life Around Them Clearly And Vividly, As Something That Is Exciting In Its Own Right. It Is An Innate Gift, Varying In Intensity With The Individual's Temperament And Environment.

When I Began To Photograph Nudes, I Let Myself Be Guided By This Camera, And Instead Of Photographing What I Saw, I Photographed What The Camera Was Seeing. I Interfered Very Little, And The Lens Produced Anatomical Images And Shapes Which My Eyes Had Never Observed.

I Am Not Very Interested In Extraordinary Angles. They Can Be Effective On Certain Occasions, But I Do Not Feel The Necessity For Them In My Own Work. Indeed, I Feel The Simplest Approach Can Often Be Most Effective. A Subject Placed Squarely In The Center Of The Frame, If Attention Is Not Distracted From It By Fussy Surroundings, Has A Simple Dignity Which Makes It All The More Impressive.

A Good Nude Photograph Can Be Erotic, But Certainly Not Sentimental Or Pornographic.